Whether you are a bookworm, passionate sportsperson, executive or looking to optimise your potential for a promotion, Lion's Mane is an ideal adaptogenic mushroom for those looking to support brain function, memory and focus...
Lion's Mane mushrooms, also known as Hou Tou Gu in Chinese medicine, have been associated with cognition, focus, concentration, and memory for centuries. This distinctive looking mushroom has also been celebrated for aiding the immune system and digestive disturbances.
Lion’s Mane has been extensively studied for its protective neurotrophic effects and may support healthy ageing of the brain and nervous system.
Lion's Mane is traditionally used to:
- Neuroprotective
- Increases REM sleep
- Optimal brain function
- Cognitive enhancement
- Memory and focus
- Digestive health
- Nerve Regeneration
- Supports healthy ageing of brain and nervous system
ETHNOBOTANICAL/TRADITIONAL
In China, Lion’s Mane, Hericium erinaceus, has been historically known as Hóu Tóu GÇ, translating to Monkey Head Mushroom, and in Japan, Yamabushitake, translating to Mountain Monk Mushroom. “In Chinese and Japanese medical systems, it has traditionally been used to fortify the spleen, nourish the gut, and also as an anticancer drug” (Liu, Du, Wang, Yu, 2015).
Interestingly, Lion’s Mane was and is still used as both a food and traditional medicine. According to TCM, by consuming Lion’s Mane, it is said to benefit all of the five internal Yin organs: Heart, Liver, Spleen, Kidney and Lung.
In addition, Lion’s Mane was used “...for its effects on the central nervous system, and is used for insomnia, vacuity (weakness), and hypodynamia, which are characteristic symptoms of Qi deficiency in Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)1”
References
(1) Spelman, Sutherland, Bagade, 2017.
